sintering

A process in which the particles of a powder are welded together by pressure and heating to a temperature below its melting point.

Noun

  1. A process in which the particles of a powder are welded together by pressure and heating to a temperature below its melting point.
    • The idea was to build a thick pavement of high-density dry snow, allowing it to "age-harden" like concrete. The latter process, technically known as sintering, depends on the progressive formation of intergranular...

Forms

sinterings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of sinter